The Price of Eggs: A Leading Indicator?
…consumption of oil, the newly formed advocacy group Parents Against a New International Climate today announced that no American child shall henceforth be allowed to dye or hunt for more…
We worship the tradition of handing off a family business to the next generation. But is that really such a good idea?
What happens to your reputation when you’re no longer around to defend it?
…consumption of oil, the newly formed advocacy group Parents Against a New International Climate today announced that no American child shall henceforth be allowed to dye or hunt for more…
We think of them as intellectual enclaves and the surest route to a better life. But U.S. colleges also operate like firms, trying to differentiate their products to win market…
…irritating noise. –Ken My wife doesn’t like driving that much. She’d rather read a book or correct my driving….. I, on the other hand, like driving, and can say “Yes,…
…have ever made a bad decision, think of your brother-in-law’s investment in that scuba shop in Albuquerque. Or the geniuses at Lehman Brothers–not so wise. So, if we have such…
What happens to your reputation when you’re no longer around to defend it?
The human foot is an evolutionary masterpiece, far more functional than we give it credit for. So why do we encase it in “a coffin” (as one foot scholar calls…
Educational messaging looks good on paper but kids don’t respond to it — and adults aren’t much better.
How pharma greed, government subsidies, and a push to make pain the “fifth vital sign” kicked off a crisis that costs $80 billion a year and has killed hundreds of…
We think of them as intellectual enclaves and the surest route to a better life. But U.S. colleges also operate like firms, trying to differentiate their products to win market…
The environmentalists say we’re doomed if we don’t drastically reduce consumption. The technologists say that human ingenuity can solve just about any problem. A debate that’s been around for decades…
Good intentions are nice, but with so many resources poured into social programs, wouldn’t it be even nicer to know what actually works?
…Authors Claire Crawford, Lorraine Dearden and Ellen Greaves found (along with several previous studies, like this one and this one) that children born in summer months generally score lower on…
…prevent loudmouths from overtaking meetings and public forums, and he’d like to miniaturize his invention so that it can be built into cellphones. “It’s different from conventional weapons such as…
…will be. While everyone likes to say that consumers think music should be free, I don’t think that’s true. The Radiohead thing had less to do with business models and…
A new paper finds that adoptive parents exhibit significant racial and gender biases in child preferences. Adoptive parents prefer girls and, by a large margin, non-African-American babies: “the increase in…
What your disgust level says about your politics, how Napoleon influenced opera, why New York City’s subways may finally run on time, and more. Five compelling guests tell Stephen Dubner,…
…us No Child Left Behind, massive unfunded mandates, indoctrination, and in come cases, forced medication of our children with psychotropic drugs. We should get rid of all of that and…
…campaign spending and electoral success; “culture cramming” and childhood test scores; the use of child car seats and the decline in auto fatalities. So it was interesting to see, on…
